The State of the Black Church: The Ground Is Shifting

American Religion in Freefall and the Black Church at the Fault Line

A Four-Part Series on the State of the Black Church | Part 1 of 4

A NATION IN SPIRITUAL DRIFT

Walk through almost any American city on a Sunday morning and you will encounter a strange bifurcation. On one side of the street, the barbershops are quiet, but the corners are not. Young Black men huddle in clusters, phones in hand, ears fed a steady diet of st…